Appearing in "Dread"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- ⏴ Taskmaster ⏵
- Taskmaster's minions
- Jonathan Caesar
Other Characters:
- Sergeant Tork
- New York Police Department (Earth-616)
- Ginny Edwards
- Arthur Chekov
- Black Cat
- Chili Bono (Informant) (First appearance)
Locations:
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Bedford Towers
- World Trade Center
- Empire State Building
- Queens
- Forest Hills
- Ardmore Book Store
- Forest Hills
- Brooklyn
- Manhattan
Items:
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "Dread"
The police examine the Parkers' condo after Peter comes home, finding MJ missing with signs of a struggle. One floor below, Jonathon Caesar keeps MJ prisoner in a hidden room filled with images of her. When he tries to make her comfortable, she slaps him. He hits her back, then explains he arranged for her admission to Bedford Towers so he could eventually marry her. Spidey shakes down hood Chili Bono who tells him there's a new crook in town, talking revenge on Spider-Man. To please Aunt May, Peter honors his Queens book signing commitment. Felicia Hardy tries to get into Bedford Towers, but the doorman turns her away. Following Chili's lead, Spidey goes to a Brooklyn graveyard and encounters an army who think he was hired to portray Spider-Man. He mops them up, discovering their trainer is Taskmaster. Possessed with rage, Spidey fights him, demanding MJ.
The Taskmaster faces Spider-man in a graveyard in Brooklyn.
Taskmaster tells him he's never heard of her, then ignites his stashed munitions store and escapes. Back home, Peter paces the balcony unaware that MJ is a captive just below him.
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
- Spider-Man first encountered the Taskmaster in Marvel Team-Up #103.
- This issue features a letters page, The Spider's Web. Letters are published from C.M. Dymmel, Mathew Calhoun, Brian K. Curley, and Joe Allen.
- The World Trade Center is shown on Page 13.
- The Empire State Building is shown on Page 9.
Trivia
- The word kidnapped is incorrectly spelled "kidnaped" on the front cover.